What difficulties did the director of the film “Titanic” face while shooting?
The modern day scenes were shot on the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in July 1996.It was during this shoot that someone sprinkled phencyclidine (PCP) into the crew’s dinner, affecting many including Cameron, and sending several dozen of them to the hospital. The person behind the prank was never caught.The making of “Titanic,” Mr. Cameron’s last full-blown Hollywood feature, was the stuff of movie legend. The film, released in 1997, went far over its planned cost to become the most expensive production that had then been made. But it went on to become a historic success, taking in a record-breaking $1.8 billion at the worldwide box office, and also winning 11 Oscars, including an award for best picture. Mr. Cameron said that he had taken care to avoid the problems he encountered on his last gargantuan production, and that he was already four months into shooting the nonprincipal scenes by the time Fox gave final approval to the project today.
